Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
What does one do in that case, to help the bee without getting stung in the process?
In general it tends to involve supplying some warmth (normally from your own hand) and some food (normally runny honey).
In this case I let the bee walk onto my finger (they will normally do this if they are a bit cold. Went inside got a few drops of honey on a cocktail stick - put them on a piece of card - encouraged the bee to find the honey. Let it feed, then let it walk back onto my hand, took it outside and placed it on a flower and a few mins later it took off. See https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1010941 for some photos
I've never been stung doing bee rescues.
Brian v.
Not literally stuck - but in certain situations they can end up with not enough energy to fly off, in this case probably because it was fairly cool but the Lasioglossum bee actually seemed to have run out of food energy. Think as the bees age they get more prone to this.
If the sun is out but the temeperatures are marginal for flying, you can literally have miner bees falling out of the sky if the sun suddenly gets shaded by a cloud.
Brian v.
